I recently read a blog posted by James Suckling of Wine Spectator Magazine discussing his thoughts from tasting the highly anticipated 2005 Bordeaux in his hotel, Les Sources de Caudalie, in Paris. He mentioned that he tasted close to 900 bottles of Clarets during his 12 days trip in Bordeaux. It was interesting to read about his experience in Bordeaux but more important, it was about deciphering his hidden message in his blog to find out if there were certain wines that he really liked before he publishes his final in-bottle ratings of the 2005 Bordeaux next Spring. In his blog, he mentioned two first growths by name that he really liked - 2005 Margaux and 2005 Haut Brion. He also mentioned that he thought the Margaux appellation came across particularly strong. Then, there was a message from his blog on December 3rd where he described he already scored a few of the wines a perfect 100 points. So, if you put all these clues together, this is what I think he will rate these wines:
2005 Chateau Margaux - WS 100
2005 Chateau Haut Brion - WS 100
2005 Chateau Leoville Las Cases - WS 98 -100 but at the least 98
2005 Chateau L'Eglise Clinet - WS 98
2005 Chateau Cos d'Estournel - WS 98
Why is this important? The sad truth is most of these wines are already priced out of any average wine drinker's budget. Currently, a bottle of Chateau Margaux as a wine future is selling for over $1000 a bottle. The people who are buying these wines are either extremely wealthy individuals (No, I am not talking about millionaires either) or most likely, wine fund managers who are buying the wines as an investment. So, consider this a water cooler tip. If you happened to have an extra hundred thousand dollars laying around and you want to make a quick return on investment within a year, you may want to check and see if you can purchase these wines at some reasonable price. But then, I also have an island for sell cheap too.
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